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[DJ]

World would be a much better place if all conflicts were resolved with dance-offs.

[Descan]

Don't know about that, some people really suck at dancing.

'Course, I'd be all for it just to see Queen Lizzy breakdancing. Girl can probably mooooove, yo~!

[Pyre]

And now all I can think of is Putin doing the robot...

God damnit Bay12.

[Owlbread]

And now all I can think of is Putin doing the robot...

God damnit Bay12.

I know he's actually a T-800 so that makes sense, but I would have said something like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvnJS_zkaMY

Perhaps he could take a leaf out of his puppet-tyrant Ramzan Kadyrov's book, the President of Chechnya

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPzu69mlvnI

[Descan]

Until North Korea develops their secret weapon, mass-produced Exodia cards.

CALL FOR UNILATERAL CARD DISARMAMENT! CARDS FOR CUPS, CARDS FOR CUPS!

[Pnx]

Yeah, the one thing North Korea does well is military parades. They wouldn't need to fake that shot.

Generally all militaries tend to do well at parades. It's sort of how they size each other up.

'Here we see the North Korean military responding to the South Koreans' excellent dance number with 'Kim Jong-Un uses the warp...'

Yeah, but I don't think anyone does parades like NK does parades. For example hold this Chinese parade in comparison, they have the same uniform lock step, they have similar drills, but there's some distinct differences. The heads aren't all held in the exact same position, they don't seem quite as uniform in skin colour and faces, and then there's the timing of their drills...

The Chinese are using voice commands to signal when everyone is supposed to perform their drill, with the officers at the front shouting, then the soldiers behind them shouting out together, allowing them to synchronise their rhythm. With the NK parades, there's no shouting, as near as I can figure they just count the exact number of steps they've taken, then when they reach a certain number they engage their drill at the exact same time... It's honestly sort of creepy. The NK parade gives me the chills, far more than the Chinese parade does (which honestly feels rather tame to me), though that might have something to do with me knowing that the Chinese one is a volunteer army, whereas the NK one is done by people who were mostly conscripted and forced to do this.

[Mech#4]

I'd guess they've done a lot of nothing but drills. North Korea hasn't really been fighting anyone physically yet so they've got a big army sitting around on their backsides and from my knowledge that's a rather bad thing. Best way to keep them occupied is with drills, parades and basic maintenance of fortifications and what not. Having parades would (as it might've been said) keep moral up, at least for a while, then people would start going "Ugh, I've got to stand in the cold AGAIN watching our soldiers march past, couldn't they do something useful like helping people?"

[AlmightyOne]

I feel this Kim Jong junior is slightly off his head. Some years back, North Korea had declared that it respected the No first use (NFU) policy.
But now this guy after coming into power is doing stuff like, showing videos of him and his generals plotting over the main cities of US, He is clearly out of his mind. His father would have known what implications this would cause, such reckless provocations and would have atleast made some rational decisions.

[Ameablable]

NK Actually engaging in Cyber Warfare?

Edit: what an awful photo of that dude in the article

[Loud Whispers]

Yeah, but I don't think anyone does parades like NK does parades. For example hold this Chinese parade in comparison, they have the same uniform lock step, they have similar drills, but there's some distinct differences. The heads aren't all held in the exact same position, they don't seem quite as uniform in skin colour and faces, and then there's the timing of their drills...

1. Their heads do keep all on the same level.
2. North Korea has laws quite literally mandating sameness.
3. We see one minute of North Korean drills, of which most of it is missing.

The Chinese are using voice commands to signal when everyone is supposed to perform their drill, with the officers at the front shouting, then the soldiers behind them shouting out together, allowing them to synchronise their rhythm. With the NK parades, there's no shouting, as near as I can figure they just count the exact number of steps they've taken, then when they reach a certain number they engage their drill at the exact same time...

Silent drills are pretty much a standard for all countries. Not withstanding editing which cuts out any signs of adequacy. We're not seeing them form up in the square or even dress, we only see the most impressive parts of the parade. A mere few seconds.

It's honestly sort of creepy. The NK parade gives me the chills, far more than the Chinese parade does (which honestly feels rather tame to me), though that might have something to do with me knowing that the Chinese one is a volunteer army, whereas the NK one is done by people who were mostly conscripted and forced to do this.

Sincerely I feel that the NK parade left me rather underwhelmed, especially when compared to other country's parades:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAZ37gWyZ-4 <- RM. Guy with crutches joins in on the drill. Legendary crutch walker.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y90UPLLo6nY <- USMC. No 'vocal commands,' = scary? Awesome!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDtspS-qliU <- RG. Single handedly schools the entire North Korean military in parade.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgBCT-6AoZE <- Various. Cheeky hip hip hurrah in there.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aboe6tygXLg <- Various. Much better.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dxTBK7jI1s <- USA. Wipe the floor with NKPGA.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PW4c6Ms9Y90 <- RM. Put NKPGA to shame.

IT'S LIKE YOU'RE NOT EVEN TRYING NK
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[Lightningfalcon]

I'm not sure if being on a drill team makes you appreciate what those guys to more, or less.
A lot of the 'Silent' drill, in my experience at least, is reliant on hearing the sounds of the people around you.  Guy's piece hits the deck, then it's time for yours to do so too.  Person in front of you starts marching, you wait for their piece to hit the ground a second time, then you start marching.  There is also a large amount of step counting, along with needing to rely a good bit on peripheral vision.  With the right know how, it's even possible to make a bunch of inept high school students do it! 
It get's much more complicated the more people you put in, thou, as even timing simple movements can become a challenge.  That's why you see mostly individuals or small squads tossing their pieces blindly behind them for another guy to catch, and not entire platoons doing that. 

[Guardian G.I.]

It's honestly sort of creepy. The NK parade gives me the chills, far more than the Chinese parade does (which honestly feels rather tame to me), though that might have something to do with me knowing that the Chinese one is a volunteer army, whereas the NK one is done by people who were mostly conscripted and forced to do this.

Sincerely I feel that the NK parade left me rather underwhelmed, especially when compared to other country's parades:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAZ37gWyZ-4 <- RM. Guy with crutches joins in on the drill. Legendary crutch walker.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y90UPLLo6nY <- USMC. No 'vocal commands,' = scary? Awesome!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDtspS-qliU <- RG. Single handedly schools the entire North Korean military in parade.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgBCT-6AoZE <- Various. Cheeky hip hip hurrah in there.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aboe6tygXLg <- Various. Much better.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dxTBK7jI1s <- USA. Wipe the floor with NKPGA.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PW4c6Ms9Y90 <- RM. Put NKPGA to shame.

IT'S LIKE YOU'RE NOT EVEN TRYING NK
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

You're comparing military parades with drill team shows, which are two different kind of events.


On a completely unrelated note, I've noticed that every time Kim Jong-un shows up at a public event, a specific leitmotif is played.
For example, it can be heard here and here.

[Owlbread]

Well, "No Motherland Without You" was Kim jong-il's personal song. Perhaps it is a jingle related to Kim jong-un's personal song.

[Flying Dice]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aboe6tygXLg <- Various. Much better.

All those glorious hats surely put North Korea's petty caps to shame.

[Loud Whispers]

You're comparing military parades with drill team shows, which are two different kind of events.

I included a parade but they're generally less exciting than those. In any case they're also much easier to find, most have a parade during memorials, during important events like elections or holidays, passing out days, trooping colours e.t.c.

Still wins over NK.

I'm not sure if being on a drill team makes you appreciate what those guys to more, or less.
A lot of the 'Silent' drill, in my experience at least, is reliant on hearing the sounds of the people around you.  Guy's piece hits the deck, then it's time for yours to do so too.  Person in front of you starts marching, you wait for their piece to hit the ground a second time, then you start marching.  There is also a large amount of step counting, along with needing to rely a good bit on peripheral vision.  With the right know how, it's even possible to make a bunch of inept high school students do it! 
It get's much more complicated the more people you put in, thou, as even timing simple movements can become a challenge.  That's why you see mostly individuals or small squads tossing their pieces blindly behind them for another guy to catch, and not entire platoons doing that.

It's more to do with memory than anything else in silent drills. Silent drills tend to be noisy things when it actually comes down to performing it, it's just devoid of orders. The counting is probably something the soldiers doing those drills already do passively if they've done lots of marching before that and using your peripheral to gauge your own steps and dressing can look messy and often times ruin the synchronization. It's really awesome watching them keep time, their feet hover above the ground for a half-step before they move forwards.
The point was that all we saw of the NKPGA was marching forwards with eyes right and insufficient hat.
That show of skill, memory and prowess pales in comparison to just about everyone else's military.